Monroe County Sheriff Rick Ramsay said he hoped the law “would [not] become public knowledge” and he’s “concerned now that people know.” He added, “It’s almost the wild, wild west again.”

But 57-year-old Varrieur explains that his love for guns grows out of a need to defend himself and his family. He points to a time he and wife were held at gun point nearly 30 years ago and a more recent incident where he “feared being carjacked while pumping gas.”